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"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
Charles Johnson
Last aired: May 11, 2013
"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
"Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency"
Logan Beirne
Last aired: April 21, 2013
"Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency"
"Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage"
Nicholas Wapshott
Last aired: April 15, 2013
"Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage"
"Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage"
Jeffrey Frank
Last aired: March 30, 2013
"Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage"
"Congressman Lincoln: The Making of America's Greatest President"
Chris DeRose
Last aired: March 25, 2013
"Congressman Lincoln: The Making of America's Greatest President"
Tony Kushner, "Lincoln: The Screenplay" & Harold Holzer, "Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America - A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film"
Harold Holzer; Tony Kushner
Last aired: March 16, 2013
Tony Kushner, "Lincoln: The Screenplay" & Harold Holzer, "Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America - A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film"
"Assassination Vacation"
Sarah Vowell
Last aired: March 3, 2013
"Assassination Vacation"
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"
Mary Brennan
Last aired: February 17, 2013
"Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"
"Words from the White House: Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America's Presidents"
Paul Dickson
Last aired: February 2, 2013
"Words from the White House: Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America's Presidents"
"Barack Obama: The Story"
David Maraniss
Last aired: January 21, 2013
"Barack Obama: The Story"
"Presidential Power in Troubled Second Terms: A Historical Look at the Second Term"
Alfred Zacher
Last aired: January 21, 2013
"Presidential Power in Troubled Second Terms: A Historical Look at the Second Term"
"Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861"
Harold Holzer
Last aired: January 20, 2013
"Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861"
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power"
Jon Meacham
Last aired: January 14, 2013
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power"
"Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year"
David Von Drehle
Last aired: January 14, 2013
"Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year"
The Abraham Lincoln Institute 5th Annual Symposium
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Last aired: January 13, 2013
The Abraham Lincoln Institute 5th Annual Symposium
"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy"
Ellen Fitzpatrick; Caroline Kennedy; Tom Oliphant; Ted Widmer
Last aired: January 6, 2013
"Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy"
"Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World"
Evan Thomas
Last aired: January 6, 2013
"Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World"
"Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves"
Henry Wiencek
Last aired: January 5, 2013
"Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves"
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal"
William Chafe
Last aired: January 1, 2013
"Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal"
"John Quincy Adams"
Harlow Giles Unger
Last aired: December 25, 2012
"John Quincy Adams"
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Stephen Frantzich, "O.O.P.S.: Observing Our Politicians Stumble"
Stephen Frantzich
Last aired: November 24, 2012
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Stephen Frantzich, "O.O.P.S.: Observing Our Politicians Stumble"
"Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932"
Donald Ritchie
Last aired: November 4, 2012
"Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Edward Klein, "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House"
Edward Klein
Last aired: November 4, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Edward Klein, "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House"
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
Charles Kesler
Last aired: November 3, 2012
"I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism"
"First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time"
Arun Chaudhary
Last aired: October 8, 2012
"First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time"
"FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal"
James Simon
Last aired: September 8, 2012
"FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal"
2012 Roosevelt Reading Festival - Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace"
Jean Edward Smith
Last aired: September 5, 2012
"American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama"
Rachel Swarns
Last aired: September 1, 2012
"American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama"
"The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity"
Michael Duffy; Nancy Gibbs
Last aired: August 31, 2012
"The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity"
"Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians"
Robert Merry
Last aired: August 29, 2012
"Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians"
"Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign"
Stanley Weintraub
Last aired: August 27, 2012
"Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign"
"Selecting a President"
Eleanor Clift; Matthew Spieler
Last aired: August 26, 2012
"Selecting a President"
"The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century"
Steven Watts
Last aired: July 22, 2012
"The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century"
"American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America"
Michelle Obama
Last aired: July 5, 2012
"American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America"
"American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House"
Jon Meacham
Last aired: June 10, 2012
"American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House"
"James Madison and the Making of America"
Kevin Gutzman
Last aired: June 2, 2012
"James Madison and the Making of America"
"Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency"
Mark Updegrove
Last aired: May 29, 2012
"Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency"
"Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation"
Scott Farris
Last aired: May 20, 2012
"Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation"

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
Next air time: Monday, May 20th, at 1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.

Also Airing...

Sunday, May 19th
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism"
Theda Skocpol; Vanessa Williamson
5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Elizabeth Price Foley, "The Tea Party: Three Principles"
Elizabeth Price Foley
6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
7pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez

Monday, May 20th
12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
2am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Light Without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College"
Scott Korb
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
Book Party for David Stockman, Author of "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America"
David Stockman
6am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us"
Robert Dalzell
7am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance"
George Michael

Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's monthly interview/call-in program with an author featuring his or her body of work.  It's LIVE on the first Sunday of every month.   

Jun 2 Rick Atkinson     http://liberationtrilogy.com/
July 7  Mary Roach       www.maryroach.net
Aug 4  Dr. Ben Carson www.carsonschholars.org
 

You can watch all past In Depths online by using the "Search" function in the upper left hand corner of this website.

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Book TV covers many book festivals each year, many of them LIVE.  In 2013, our festival coverage will include book festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, Harlem Book Festival, the Texas Book Festival and Miami Book Fair International in November.  You can watch those we've already covered online.  Find them using the "Search" button in the upper lefthand corner of this homepage.

For a complete list of upcoming book festivals, click on the BOOK FAIRS tab at the top of the page.